Custom Corporate Website with Next.js & Storyblok
**Background:** FGS Global is a prominent strategic communications firm that advises businesses, governments, and institutions worldwide. They aimed for more than just a basic informational website; they required a modern, performance-driven platform to enhance their content, brand storytelling, and global engagement.
**Challenge & Goal:** Their existing website faced issues like technical debt, slow loading times, and a rigid content management system (CMS) that struggled with multilingual capabilities and complex content workflows. The content team, consisting of over 12 editors, oversaw more than 1,500 content pieces and 128 components but lacked a visual editing tool, effective multilingual support, and flexible search functionality. The project's objectives included: improving site performance and code quality, implementing a modern headless CMS with an intuitive visual editor, and creating a robust, custom search tool to effectively categorize and retrieve content.
**Effects:** We redesigned the website using Next.js to achieve hybrid SSR/SSG performance and integrated Storyblok as a headless CMS, providing the content team with modular editing capabilities, visual editing tools, multilingual support, and enhanced control. Additionally, we implemented Algolia to create a tailored content search solution that allows for dynamic redirection, type-aware results, and filtering options. The outcome is a scalable, modern platform that resolves legacy issues, simplifies content management, enhances user experience, and positions FGS Global for ongoing content expansion.
**Technologies Used:**
- Frontend / Framework: Next.js + React
- CMS: Storyblok (visual editor, component blocks, internationalization)
- Search: Algolia custom engine
- Testing & quality tools: Jest, Playwright, Storybook
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